Navy football announces incoming recruiting class

By Paul W. Gillespie, Staff / Baltimore Sun Media Group

Spalding quarterback Zach Abey can't get away from Delaware's Amir Walker on this one yard run in the first quarter. The Archbishop Spalding Cavaliers kicked off their 2013 football season against the visiting Delaware Valley Charter High School Warriors Friday night.

Spalding quarterback Zach Abey can't get away from Delaware's Amir Walker on this one yard run in the first quarter. The Archbishop Spalding Cavaliers kicked off their 2013 football season against the visiting Delaware Valley Charter High School Warriors Friday night. (By Paul W. Gillespie, Staff / Baltimore Sun Media Group)

Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo released the names of the 2015 football incoming recruiting class on Wednesday evening as 64 prospects representing 21 states went through induction ceremonies and began plebe summer.

"We are really excited about the group of young men that went through induction ceremonies today," said Niumatalolo. "If they work hard and do the things they are supposed to do in Bancroft Hall, in the classroom, in the weight room and on the practice field they will have a chance to contribute to our success."

Three of the incoming recruits are Anne Arundel County products that spent last year at the Naval Academy Prep School - former Archbishop Spalding quarterback Zach Abey, offensive lineman Jake Hawk out of Meade High and Jarid Ryan, a defensive back from Severn School.

Texas produced the most prospects with 11, while nine hail from California and seven from Tennessee. Five incoming plebes are from Maryland, while four each come from Virginia, Georgia and Ohio. Other states represented include Florida (two), New York (two), Pennsylvania (two), New Jersey (two), Kentucky (two), Nevada (two), Hawai'i (one), Missouri (one), Illinois (one), Connecticut (one), Alabama (one), Arkansas (one), South Carolina (one) and North Carolina (one).